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alkylbenzoic

alkylbenzoic adjective: describing any alkyl substituted derivative of benzoic acid.

Adjective

alkylbenzoic (not comparable)

  1. Describing any alkyl substituted derivative of benzoic acid

Origin of alkylbenzoic

From alkyl + benzoic.

Questions about alkylbenzoic

What does alkylbenzoic mean?
Alkylbenzoic means describing any alkyl substituted derivative of benzoic acid.
What part of speech is alkylbenzoic?
Alkylbenzoic is an adjective.

Words near alkylbenzoic in the dictionary

  1. alkylbenzene
  2. alkylbenzenes
  3. alkylbenzenesulfonate
  4. alkylbenzimidazole
  5. alkylbenzimidazoles
  6. alkylbenzoic
  7. alkylborane
  8. alkylboranes
  9. alkylboronic
  10. alkylcarbodiimide
  11. alkylcarbodiimides

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